PRONUNCIATION: (uh-TUHRN) MEANING:verb tr.: To turn over rent, goods, etc. to another.verb intr.: To agree to be a tenant of a new landlord of the same property. ETYMOLOGY:From Old French atorner (to assign to), from a- (to) + torner (to turn). An attorney is the person one turns to to represent oneself. Earliest documented use: 1458.__________________________add y

MEANING:noun: Someone who gets sexual pleasure from secretly watching others; voyeur. ETYMOLOGY:From the legend of Lady Godiva who rode unclothed through the streets of Coventry, England to persuade her husband to lower taxes on the people. All the townfolk shuttered their windows, except for a tailor named Tom who couldn't resist and watched. Earliest documented use: 1769.__________________________________P --> W

WEEPING TOM - Tom after the King raised axes instead of lowering taxes

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